NIV Commentary Judges & Ruth ben witherington They are now confronted with

They are now confronted with the danger of accepting their place among the religious bodies of the world and becoming merely ANOTHER DENOMINATION

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NIV Commentary Judges & Ruth ben witherington They are now confronted withNIV Commentary Series Judges & Ruth Judges In the immediate context of the OT, Judges forms a link between the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt and the rise of the Jewish monarchy. The period reflected in Judges is crucial to the development of the Israelite psyche as God begins the lesson that the exiles to Assyria and Babylon later finish: blessing is connected to fidelity to God; suffering is the natural consequence of disobedience. The stories in